City Referencing Guide
(updated Oct 2023)
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How to do citations in City style?
This is the Citationsy guide to City citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
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This is the Citationsy guide to City citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
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How do you cite a book in the City referencing style? (2023 Guide)
One of the most cited mediums is of course books. Here’s how to cite a book in CityHere’s an example book citation in City using placeholders:
Last Name, First Name. 2000. Title. Edited by Editor First Name Editor Last Name. Edition. City: Publisher.
City citation:
Angelou, Maya. 1969. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st ed. New York: Random House.
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How to reference a journal article in the City citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in City format?
An City citation for a journal article includes the author name(s), publication year, article title, journal name, volume and issue number, page range of the article, and a DOI (if available). Here’s howHere’s a City journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameAuthor1 Firstname, and Author3 LastnameAuthor2 Firstname. 2000. “Title”. Container Volume (Issue). Journal Name: pages Used. doi:DOI.
Petit, C., and J.M. Sieffermann. 2007. “Testing Consumer Preferences for Iced-Coffee: Does the Drinking Environment Have Any Influence?” 18 (1). Food Quality and Preference: 161-172. doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.
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How to cite a website in a paper in City style?
The basics of a reference list entry for a web page or web document in City is straight forward. Here’s howHere’s an City example website reference:
Author1 LastnameAuthor1 Firstname, and Author2 LastnameAuthor2 Firstname. 2000. “Title”. Publisher. https://www.example.com.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
Tran, Mark. 2008. “Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President”. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083.
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How to cite a YouTube video City in 2023
Are you watching a YouTube video and found something worth sharing in your research paper? Here’s how to cite a YouTube video in CityHere’s a City citation YouTube video example:
ChannelName. 2000. “Title”. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX.
Pixar. 2015. “Pizza Clip — Inside Out”. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ.
How to cite a podcast using City referencing style
To cite a podcast episode in City, all you need to do is the followingIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in City.
Lastname, Firstname. 2000. “Title”. Publisher. http://www.example.com.
This American Life. 2018. “640: Five Women”. WBEZ Radio. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women.
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How to cite a piece of music or a song using City referencing style?
Citing a song or album accessed through an online streaming service in City is pretty straight forward, this is all you need:An example song citation in City.
Lastname, Firstname. 2000. Song Title. Album. http://www.example.com.
The Beatles. 1969. Here Comes the Sun. Abbey Road. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150.
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